engage
IPA: ɛngˈeɪdʒ
verb
- To interact socially.
- (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- (transitive, intransitive) To draw into conversation.
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- To interact antagonistically.
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- To interact contractually.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
- To interact mechanically.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
- (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- (transitive, obsolete) To entangle.
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Examples of "engage" in Sentences
- The man is engaged to the lady.
- He engaged in the mercantile business.
- The opposite of engagement is disaffection.
- The casualties of the engagement are unknown.
- Engage in the discussion and address the arguments.
- Engagement of the overrunning clutch is controllable.
- However, can one engage in tenebrism without engaging in chiaroscuro
- That is, one can engage the use of chiaroscuro without engaging in tenebrism.
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